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Stub
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Active Electronics
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Describes a circuit containing transistors, ICs, tubes and other devices, that require power to operate and are capable of amplification.
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Active Electronics
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Acoustics
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The sound characteristics (or ambience) of a particular environment. For example, the term 'live acoustics" would be used to describe a room in which the sound Wavesreverberate off the walls and ceiling, while "dead acoustics" would describe a room in which the sound Wavesare absorbed by the surroundings.
Acoustics in Recording
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Dac
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Digital-to-audio conversion, as performed by Digital Audio Converters.
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ADA - Analog Digital Analog
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Analogue-to-digital and back to analog, a common shorthand when referring to the function performed by Digital Audio Converters.
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DA
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Digital-to-analog conversion, as performed by Digital Audio Converters.
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AD - Analog-to-digital conversion
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Analog-to-digital conversion, as performed by Digital Audio Converters.
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Direct Inject
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A D.I. or direct inject unit is a device that connects a high-impedance, line level signal to a mic-level device.
Usually a box, or less commonly a multi-channel racked or unracked unit, the box contains buffering circuitry that allows you to connect line-level equipment, or commonly, acoustic guitars pickup outputs, to consoles and studio gear operating at low-impedance mic level.
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